Work starts on extra care and dementia housing scheme in Manchester

Bardsley Construction will be building a specialist extra care facility in Fallowfield, Manchester.

One of three projects it is constructing in the region, the £4.9m scheme for care provider, Onward, was procured through the then Cutting Edge Framework.

To be developed on the site of a former Contour Homes sheltered housing scheme; the project is due for completion in January 2020 and will consist of 36 one and two-bedroom apartments, providing accommodation for older people with dementia.

Bob Pleasance, project manager at Onward, said: “We are very pleased to be on site with the development of this extra care scheme.

“We believe that it will provide a valuable addition to the services offered to older people in Manchester with dementia’.”